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The Role of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Animals have largely been left out in EU law scholarship and environmental law studies, with few exceptions (here, here and here). The role of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights has not been discussed to any greater extent. In this symposium, we discuss the pros and cons of the EU Charter for securing sufficient animal protection in the Member States. More specifically, the contributions in this symposium explore a number of questions such as that of the legal standing of animals and animal rights in the context of the EU, and…

Self-aware iron orbs, creatures with swappable Lego-like limbs, and “machine elves” consisting of interlacing geometric patterns—these are just a few the inexplicable beings reported by people who have taken N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the potent psychedelic that lets users visit other realities for five minutes at a time. That people would see weird stuff when they trip is not exactly surprising, but what is remarkable is the regularity with which some of these strange characters appear. Now, a veteran psychedelic researcher associated with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), David Jay Brown, has teamed up with artist Sara Phinn, to catalog…

According to Iran’s judiciary outlet Mizan, Choobiasl’s execution at Evin Prison was approved by the Supreme Court after a closed-door trial. “This traitor met Mossad operatives in Istanbul and Vienna multiple times, providing intelligence that directly aided Zionist aggression against our sacred defense,” the report stated, linking his activities to the June 2025 air war where Israeli strikes devastated Iranian military sites, killing over 1,100. Officials claimed Choobiasl, employed at a state-owned petrochemical firm with access to sensitive tech blueprints, had been active since 2021, coordinating with a ring that included executed spy Babak Shahbazi from earlier this month.

Vinyl-listening bar ESP HiFi, which opened in 2021, is just starting to stretch beyond its “best-kept-secret” status. Inspired by Japanese jazz bars (called kissa) and listening culture, it’s a candle-lit, record-filled oasis, where the music selection and sound quality are just as good as its excellent tea, whiskey and wine lists. Owned by audiophiles Mitchell Foster, William Minter and Jordan Hubner (who also serves as general manager), the music-based bar is expanding its reach with Remote Viewing, which aims to bring ESP’s high-quality listening experience to a wider audience by hosting off-site events and parties with a mix of local and…

Alien: Earth is the newest FX and Disney+ Alien installment, and it’s the first series in the franchise. Noah Hawley took on the challenge, once again, of adapting the source material of an iconic movie into a series. Alien: Earth has so far been great, with a lot of thrilling concepts and ideas that contribute to and extend the Alien lore perfectly. Alien: Earth is also filled with interesting characters, introducing the concept of Hybrids—people whose consciousness is uploaded into Synth bodies. The show follows the inception of Hybrids and the discovery of the Xenomorphs (alongside many other alien species),…

  Alien invasion movies and TV shows have long been part of American culture. They represent one way in which we grapple with the great unknown of the universe. (credit: 20th Century Fox) by Dwayne DayMonday, July 7, 2025 A few days before July 4, a telescope detected a massive object heading from deep space into the inner solar system. That’s the start of the 1996 alien invasion flick Independence Day. It also happened last week, when the University of Hawaii’s NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile detected an object, later classified as 3I/ATLAS, the “I” standing for “interstellar.” This was…

SELENE AND THE QUIET COUNCIL When the world’s mutants came together to form the nation Krakoa, Selene was one of several mutant villains who found refuge and residency on the island alongside the X-Men. Since Krakoa was also a sentient being that fed on the psychic energy of its mutant residents, Selene made sure the island drew a safe level of psychic energy from its overall population. Because they also needed to consume the lifeforce of others, Selene and her fellow former villain Emplate used a similar process to sustain themselves on the island.  After Apocalypse reignited his studies in…

Did Anna reveal too much, or not enough?PublishedAugust 14, 2025 10:51 AM EDT•UpdatedAugust 14, 2025 10:51 AM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkMAGA Bikini Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna joined Joe Rogan this week and now America is on edge. Not because she’s the hottest woman in congress – that’s a given. But because she and Joe started talking about aliens. Extraterrestrials. UFOs. The stuff you and I aren’t supposed to know about. They got into it, and Anna Paulina may have divulged a little more than the suits back in Area 51 would’ve liked. Take a look:Anna Paulina Luna needs to give us moreThey call them interdimensional…

An LED billboard affixed to the facade of EMST reports on local events from the perspective of Athens’s animal inhabitants. Instead of stock reports, political events, or war coverage, this unconventional news ticker broadcasts phenomena from the lives of the animals and plants around the museum. It highlights natural cycles like bird migration, beetles emerging from underground, or spiders devouring their webs—occurrences that shape seasonal fluctuations, yet remain largely overlooked by the humans living alongside them.This outdoor work by Marcus Coates, entitled Today in Athens… (2025), initiates the shift in attention from human narratives to the recentering of animal subjectivity…